Counties want transfer fees

A new T20 tournament will be introduced in 2020ANDREW BOYERS/ACTION IMAGES

County cricket chiefs are to push the game’s administrators for transfer fees, a football-style transfer window and compensation from Twenty20 leagues in which their players take part during the winter.

Sixteen directors of cricket meet today to agree formal proposals to put to the ECB. They will also discuss the introduction of a conference system for the County Championship and the scrapping of promotion and relegation.

The Times revealed in January that an increasing number of counties believe the two-division system encourages short-term thinking, such as the recruitment of temporary overseas signings, and makes them less likely to select younger players because of the pressure to avoid relegation or gain promotion. With the introduction of a new T20 tournament in 2020, now is the time…

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